Award-Winning Author of six rhyming children's books, (28 Awards) and seven published plays for elementary school children.

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A former teacher and a grandmother of ten, all six of my books are in rhyme and all try to teach something like good manners and caring for others. In 2011-14, I have won twenty-eight National Awards for my books My Fingerpaint Masterpiece, Manner-Man, Gimme-Jimmy,The Magic Word, Peter and the Whimper-Whineys, and Santa’s Birthday Gift. I also have written seven published and internationally produced plays for elementary school children. A magna cum laude graduate of The American University, I have had a varied career: I was a teacher and coach, and then a newspaper sports photographer and columnist; later a Dinner Theatre and Talent Manager; and finally a Business Administrator. My husband of 54 years and I are now retired, and travel in our RV from coast to coast each year to spend time with our grandchildren... sharing my books along the way!